The most urgent thing at the moment is that the 20,000 Qing troops are still attacking Jinhua Mansion, and Yan Zhouwei and Jinshanwei are still struggling to support.

Attacking the fortified city of Ningbo with 8,000 men was too risky and costly.

At this time, it is correct that Jinhua Mansion should be reinforced first.

But Wu Zheng stubbornly rejected all the advice, he knew in his heart that he could endure everything and retreat from anything, but he couldn't bear or retreat from this matter!

Because, this is the bottom line in Wu Zheng's heart!

Wu Zheng wiped away the tears on his face, stood on the tower of Lihai Pass, and looked at the 8,000 soldiers who were like a forest of swords and guns.

"I consider myself a good admonitionist."

"My comrades and siblings advised me that at this time our army should go to reinforce Jinhua Mansion, because Yan Zhouwei and Jinshanwei were attacked by the elite of the 20,000 Qing army for ten days, and they fought very hard."

"I originally wanted to go to reinforce Jinhua Mansion."

"But you must have heard that the enemy chieftain Duoduo couldn't defeat us, but he kidnapped more than 300 innocent people in Wuzhuang, and all of them were killed in the downtown yesterday."

"So, I have changed my mind, I want to avenge these innocent people and pay for them with blood!"

"Someone advised me to sacrifice more people for the sake of more than 300 people, is it worth it?"

"I think it's worth it! It's like a strong man who smashed the door of your house, rushed in and slapped you, and then Shi Shiran wanted to leave, at this time, did you watch him leave quietly, or did you still beat him X knowing that you would be beaten to the head and bleeding if you chased him? Wu Zheng yelled, "Now, you tell me, how to choose?" ”

"Hit him X!" Uniform, earth-shattering.

"I have a dream, I want the people of Jiangnan to proudly say that it is our Northern Expeditionary Army when they mention the Northern Expeditionary Army, and I want the officers and soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army to proudly say that it is our hometown father and ...... But now, our hometown fathers and elders have been slaughtered by the Tartars, how should we face our families, do we go and tell our fathers that there is nothing we can do? ”

Wu Zheng shouted loudly again: "Tell me, how to choose?" ”

"Blood debt and blood payment!"

"Go ahead!" Wu Zheng waved his hand and said, "Let the enemy pay ten times the price, and let the Tartars know that my Jiangdong boy is bloody!" ”

"Kill!"

In the midst of the roar, the army of eight thousand marched out.

Wu Zheng turned around and looked at Chen Sheng behind him and said, "I took Lihaiwei away, I can only leave you six hundred people, you have to guard it." ”

Chen Sheng arched his hand and said: "The general can rest assured, his subordinates will never live up to the general's trust." ”

Wu Zheng looked at Li Ruhai, "Go tell Zhang Guowei, I don't know what happened in Hangzhou Mansion, and I don't want to know for the time being." But I want him to immediately send 3,000 men to reinforce Jinhuafu. ”

"Whoa."

Wu Zheng looked at Zhang Mingzhen, "The sailor must ensure the supply of food, grass and ordnance for our army, don't tell me that there is not enough food and grass, find Mo to ask for it, and tell him that if I die, he won't get anything." In addition, as much as possible, provide artillery support, if the firing range is not reached, drag the artillery ashore, don't tell me that the artillery is too heavy, it is inconvenient to carry, even if you personally carry it, you have to ensure that the artillery fire of the Qing army at the east gate of Ningbo is suppressed. ”

Zhang Mingzhen arched his hand and said: "The general can rest assured, if Zhang Mingzhen has a burden, he doesn't need the general's order, Mingzhen cut off his own head." ”

Wu Zheng arched his hands and said, "Everyone, see you in victory!" ”

"See you in victory!"

……。

The distance between Shangyu and Ningbo is not far, probably more than 100 miles.

Even if the infantry marched on foot, it was only a day's journey.

Therefore, on the same day, Duoduo learned the news that Wu Zheng led a large army to attack.

Although there were not many troops left in Ningbo, Duoduo was not flustered, relying on the strength of the Ningbo city wall, he was confident that he could defeat Wu Zheng under the city of Ningbo.

Duoduo began to concentrate his forces at the north gate, because Wu Zheng came from Shangyu and was bound to arrive at the north gate first.

Even if Wu Zheng wanted to detour, he would have enough time to redeploy.

Duoduo really didn't have the confidence to go out of the city and take the initiative to fight.

After the First Battle of Shaoxing Mansion, Wu Zheng was no longer just an ordinary opponent in his heart, but a great enemy of life and death.

After the loss of the army, Duoduo's sharp spirit was indeed suppressed.

He could no longer concentrate on the battle, and he had to think about what kind of punishment the court would give him after this battle.

Because, attacking Shaoxing and Jinhua was his own specialty, not the will of the Qing court.

This is good to say that if you win the battle, if you lose, it is naturally a crime on top of a crime, even if he is Prince Yu, it is no exception.

Duoduo pinned his hopes on defeating Wu Zheng in Ningbo, and even more hoped that good news would come from Jinhua Mansion, so that he might be able to save some face and give an account to the imperial court.

……。

The siege broke out in the early hours of the next morning.

Yesterday afternoon, Wu Zheng was under the nose of Duoduo and led his army around Beicheng to the east.

Duoduo then moved his troops to the eastern city.

The movement of the enemy's forces on both sides is almost clear at a glance.

However, Dordor made the mistake of concentrating all his troops in the city because the defenders of the city were not strong enough, which caused Dordor to lose control outside the city.

Therefore, he could not contain the landing of Zhoushan Water Division.

This made Wu Zheng have the support of artillery.

Zhang Mingzhen brought the rapid-fire cannon that Chen Shoujie dedicated to Wu Zheng.

This kind of cannon has a short range and belongs to the rear loading gun, but because it is still used with black powder, and the sealing is insufficient, the power is relatively small.

But its advantage is that it is light in weight, a cannon is not counted as a base, it is only more than 200 catties, it is easy to transport, and the rate of fire is fast.

Wu Zheng ordered to bombard the walls of Dongcheng indiscriminately almost at any cost.

It is still a very expensive flowering bomb.

Often, after several rounds of artillery fire, infantry was sent to climb the city walls to attack.

It was clear that Dordor had made a lot of preparations.

To deal with the Ming artillery, Duoduo ordered the defenders to go down the city wall, and as soon as the sound of artillery stopped, the Qing army poured onto the city wall.

So, the artillery did little damage to the defenders.

In this way, Lihaiwei's battle losses were very large, often attacking in waves of 1,000 people, and losing at least 2 or 300 when they returned.

At the end of the day, Wu Zheng had lost nearly a thousand people.

The casualties of the Qing army were less than 300.

Duoduo, who was watching the battle in the city tower, was very satisfied, and if it was kept like this, for three days at most, Wu Zheng would have to retreat, if he didn't retreat, Duoduo could counterattack and leave Wu Zheng completely under the city of Ningbo.

The next day, Wu Zheng continued to repeat the old routine.

By evening, the total casualties of the Northern Expeditionary Army were close to two thousand.

It was already very tragic, and most of the casualties came from climbing the walls and fighting the defenders hand-to-hand.

It is conceivable that the Qing army was already very familiar with the tactical routines used by the Ming army, and it can be said that it became a natural habit to fight.

Even as soon as the cannon stopped, the Qing army under the city involuntarily ran to the city wall, because the Ming infantry was about to climb the wall to attack.